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^FCPS has not developed a culture that supports the divided population we are seeing here. Years ago we had a more middle to upper middle class population. Now we are seeing the divide like much of America. FCPS is struggling to figure it all out. [/quote]

The divide is not really a big issue for the families who want their kids to actually learn in school. Maybe it's an issue at the lower SES schools due to large number of resources needed to be spent bringing many kids to on level. But far more concerning is the fact that the quality of education is very low at high SES schools as well. At our FCPS elementary school (small school, and almost all high SES kids) there is very little learning going on in class. It's not that the kids are not capable or behind (they're clearly doing fine as most are privileged with lots of resources). It's the fact that many of the kids are bored and not getting what they need in math and reading/writing. The curriculum itself and the way the teachers teach is very basic and shallow. This in my opinion is the tragedy that is happening in FCPS, it's not the divide. The divide is good as the are is becoming more diverse, and bringing low SES kids up to on level is great. But the dumbing down of curriculum especially in high SES classrooms is really heartbreaking to see.[/quote]

so the high SES schools should be allowed to move forward, while the gen ed kids in low SES schools still have to go the speed that the ESOL kids are capable of. Then when the schools meet up in middle school, the high SES kids will be so far ahead that [b]the kids from the low SES schools will be stuck in remedial classes? [/b]sounds great for the high SES kids [/quote]

Don't you think it a bit racist of you to claim that remedial classes are bad? Isn't the goal of closing the education gap to teach these kids effectively? You should be glad if kids are learning, irrespective of the class they are placed in, as long as they are at the appropriate level and the teacher is capable of teaching at that level.[/quote]

so you're fine with kids from high SES schools being able to move forward and kids at low SES schools being forced to slow down due to the proportion of ESOL kids and then end up on a slower track not because of their ability, but because they ened up in a class room full of english learners that couldn't move at the same rate as a class in an SES school? [/quote]

If a school is so heavily low SES that it doesn't even have one class for students ready to take on more challenging materials (and that's quite unlikely at the MS or HS level), I'd say the parents should have known what they were getting.  That should not be a reason to frustrate the progress of students at other schools.  Otherwise everything is being geared to the lowest possible denominator. [/quote]

Yes, those lower middle class and working class families should have thought about this before they bought a house in Mount Vernon instead of McLean. [/quote]

If education were their priority they'd be renting an apartment to get into a McLean school rather than buying a house in Mount Vernon.

But I doubt you're sticking up for the lower middle class families.  It's usually the MC/UMC families at the low SES schools with buyer's remorse who want to hold others back. [/quote]

or those parents could have the audacity to expect that public schools in the same county will have the same standards and follow the same curriculum- you know crazy ideas like that [/quote]

The schools are required to educate the ESOL students who are slowing down the classrooms. Actions have consequences. [/quote]

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